Arent you just a tad late to be arguing that? lol Whats been done is waaay done by now lol. This has been going on for years and years and will never go back to what is was even if they stopped now. I believe these are in the strip of neighborhood on north side of 15th street that already have a mix of different styles and structures. On the south side of 15th that connects to other neighborhoods, the developers, on their own, have been renovating older homes and apartments and putting in stuff that fits with the older character of the neighborhood. One side of the street that is more isolated and had some very run down properties and vacant lots is getting the mix, the other side of the street the developers are being "context sensitive"... and without any zoning for they could go in and tear out stuff and build things that dont fit with the older style there too. I dont think you would find another city where such a voluntary compromise has happened. If we cant get our act together and put in some regulations to prevent the "mix" from happening,,, we can only rely on luck.
I argued and hated it all along, FWIW. There's still quite a bit of red brick adorning the 14th St. frontage road. Of course it makes no difference now that the neighborhood has been scarred by the mod condos but there was a time when those did not exist it could have been stopped if we had even the slightest concept of cohesive development and preservation. That's how we wind up with crappy Tuscan dreck in the middle of Brookside or Ranch Acres.
I'm sensitive to the fact that a lot of the craftsmen and some of the apartment buildings were allowed to decay beyond practical restoration, but that's still not an excuse to come in and re-define 1/3 of an entire neighborhood.